European ground squirrel: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the European ground squirrel lives – recorded in 11 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Spermophilus citellus
Group	Squirrels, chipmunks & marmots
Status	Endangered (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	11 countries
Continents	Asia, Europe
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Sciuridae

Where does the European ground squirrel live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the European ground squirrel in 11 countries and territories across Asia and Europe.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the European ground squirrel endangered?

The European ground squirrel’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Endangered” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the European ground squirrel?

The European ground squirrel (Spermophilus citellus) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Sciuridae, genus Spermophilus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the European ground squirrel

The European ground squirrel (Spermophilus citellus), also known as the European souslik, is a species from the squirrel family, Sciuridae. It is among the few European species in the genus Spermophilus. Like all squirrels, it is a member of the rodent order. It is to be found in eastern and central Europe from southern Ukraine, to Asia Minor, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Serbia, Hungary, Greece, Romania, Moldova, Bulgaria, North Macedonia and north as far as Poland but the range is divided in two parts by the Carpathian Mountains.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article European ground squirrel (revision 1339171292), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q623466 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).